Last Thursday, Michela and I went out for the typical pre-holiday aperitivo, so I also had the chance to show her our new home. As usual our aperitivo lasted longer than planned and we ended up choosing where to go for dinner. Obviously I had to call my soul sister Federica so that she could join us. The funny thing was she had already booked for three people at our favourite place, the pizzeria La Lanterna… What can I say, she’s my best friend and definitely can read my mind like no one.

There are three kind of pizza, in my view: low quality, standard and stunning. I’m sure I don’t need to explain much about the low quality, just think about Domino’s pizza and you’ll totally share my point. Then there is the standard pizza, the one you find without almost any difference in 90% of Italian pizzerias, thin but not too thin, simple product, nothing special but absolutely fine, capable of satisfying the lust of pizza of the average Italian person. And now the last one: the stunning pizza.

The stunning pizza doesn’t have to be excessively more expensive or difficult to make, but it must have something, even a small detail that make you remember that pizza, that make you looking forward your next dinner in that place. It can the batter, mozzarella cheese or tomato sauce. At the pizzeria La Lanterna (if you ask my very Dutch lady Anneloes she can confirm) they have all of them and much more. As usual we ordered a pizza alla romana in pala and a pizza gourmet with a particular kind of mozzarella and pata negra, both to share between the three of us. And as usual our expectation were fully satisfied.

Maybe is the light batter of that kind of pizza. Or the recognizable taste of pata negra. Or maybe the hands of pizza Masterchef, which is a cool factor and maybe makes the difference. Maybe is the welcoming, relaxing and friendly place. maybe it was the evening, the atmosphere and the start of the holiday. But we went our happy as well as full.

I could end my article here being sure 70% of you have already your phone in hand to book tonight at 19:30, because we all know in Bratto you eat early. But 30% hasn’t yet, so I’ll tell you about Tuesday…

Let’s begin by a 2016 version of the most known start of a book (hey Jane Austen, you ready to see what Pride and Prejudice would look like two centuries after?) It is a truth universally known that a woman at the end of the holidays must be needing a diet. Therefore on Tuesday I had already thought about the depressing boiled zucchini when dad picked me up to collect our pizzas at La Lanterna. Good bye, courgette! Apart from the stunning pizzas we brought home for the fam, Ian, also known as pizza masterchef, gave us a freshly baked piece of bread and one of his famous colombe, a typical Italian dessert normally eaten on Easter day.

What should I say? Perfect evening. The colomba was with red berries, delicate, something new the idea of berries, definitely a good start and obviously all curious about his panettoni after the course on baking powder he is attending in April. But… because with me there is always a but… as a chocaholic I am so looking forward to see a chocolate version. Bread… well, I don’t often eat bread, but this morning bread and raspberry jam was the perfect combo.

I'm Camilla, a full time student of International Studies, and a "lost-time" blogger. I love traveling (and mainly road tripping), writing on block notes as they did in the 90s, blogging about everything that goes through my mind, taking photos of food and sunsets, running on panoramic roads and trails, going to the gym when no one is around, biking around the city and drinking coffee with friends. Life is a journey, not a destination... Have A Safe Journey ♥